[ramonesfreak]

The way I’ve handled these is to call the prosecutor (hopefully there is one) and if your record is good, offer to plead guilty to a charge that doesn’t add points. This has always worked for me. You want to call ahead of time to work this out because in doing that, you will be saving the cop some work. Hopefully you were the cops only ticket that day but even if he has 5 tickets on, you’ll still save the cop, and the judge, and the prosecutor some time and they all like that. If the prosecutor says no, ask he/she for an adjournment to allow you an opportunity to retain counsel, then see what happens and proceed accordingly. Good luck.